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Opinion: Supreme Court undoing 50 years’ worth of environmental progress
ehn.org
For the past few months, Americans have faced multiple political distractions: Ukraine, inflation, AI, whether or not we intentionally nuke our o...
West Virginia governor's coal empire sued by the federal government
propublica.org
The lawsuit, filed by the Justice Department, seeks millions in unpaid environmental fines as Gov. Jim Justice begins his campaign for the U.S. S...
It’s payback time
capitalandmain.com
New studies call for reparations from oil companies and governments responsible for climate change.
Recycling plastics “extremely problematic” due to toxic chemical additives: Report
ehn.org
Plastics contain toxic chemicals that can enter products and interact to create new harmful substances during the recycling process, a new repo...
Reimagining healthcare to reduce pollution, tackle climate change and center justice
ehn.org
PITTSBURGH — Hospitals save lives — but they’re also complex ecosystems that generate toxic waste, rely on fossil fuels and i...
$528 billion nuclear cleanup plan at Hanford site in jeopardy
nytimes.com
A $528 billion plan to clean up 54 million gallons of radioactive bomb-making waste may never be achieved. Government negotiators are looking for...
Tribes call on Haaland to push increased protections for the Grand Canyon
grist.org
As a 20-year ban on mining in the Grand Canyon passes its midpoint, Indigenous nations look to continue protections indefinitely.
Opinion: UN plastics treaty should prioritize health and climate change
ehn.org
As parties to the United Nations Environment Assembly gather this week in Paris to negotiate a first-ever Global Plastic Treaty, they have a once...
How harmful are gas stove pollutants, really?
nytimes.com
Scientists are lugging sophisticated sensors into homes in 10 cities to measure and track the pollution from gas stoves as it drifts from room to...
With billions in climate cash flowing, companies that burn trash race to rebrand
washingtonpost.com
Incinerators, plastics companies and big agriculture race to position as climate-friendly as billions in federal subsidies flow.
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The Seaweed Surfboard
Strategist
Hey all... thought you might enjoy this film we just launched. The Seaweed Surfboard project came about by way of a catch up call with good friend & long time collab partner Michael Stewart at Sustainable Surf.
He asked me if I'd heard about this local engineering student, Charlie Cadin who was doing rad things with seaweed. Turns out Charlie was busy in his garden shed building surfboard blanks out of dried seaweed he'd collected from his local beach.
Incredible.
We caught up with Charlie & started documenting his experiments and then brought in Ryan Hervé, Gold EcoBoard shaper who added his wisdom & experience into the mix.
The magic in this story lies in the collaboration, the willingness to explore new ideas, to screw up & to try again. And the recognition that sometimes the very best ideas (and humans) are right in your own backward.
Massive props to the team at Sustainable Surf for helping us bring the film to life, to Luke Hosty for his creative vision, to Lloyd Yates for letting us use one of his tracks and of course to Charlie & Ryan for their incredible commitment to the project.
Cannot wait to see where it goes next 🌱🌊
https://www.sustainablesurf.org/